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when barack obama meets tomorrow with china's new president, cyberattacks linked to the chinese government will be high on his agenda. they've been -- but nbc news has learned that the cyberattacks have gone further, to the heart of the american political system, including president obama's campaign. our report tonight. >> reporter: months before taking the oath of office. >> i barack obama hussein obama. >> reporter: cyberspies had penetrated the obama presidential campaign. including a direct hit on his chicago campaign headquarters. >> hackers gained access to e-mails from policy position papers to travel plans. >> reporter: but wasn't revealed at the time, is that u.s. intelligence agency quickly traced the attack to the people's republic of china. >> reporter: in the summer of 2008, the fbi discovered that both the obama and mccain campaign computers were under sustained attack. may contain officials were spook ed when they got a phone call of a top chinese diplomat complaining about this private letter from mccain to taiwan's new president drafted on complain computers. the problem w
when barack obama meets tomorrow with china's new president, cyberattacks linked to the chinese government will be high on his agenda. they've been -- but nbc news has learned that the cyberattacks have gone further, to the heart of the american political system, including president obama's campaign. our report tonight. >> reporter: months before taking the oath of office. >> i barack obama hussein obama. >> reporter: cyberspies had penetrated the obama presidential campaign....
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. >>> also a new fire storm explodes as president obama meets with victims' families. john mccain says the president's actions led to the attack. >>> warning signs. with disney under fire, what we found around disney parks. and tonight a father who says a gator chased his son at disney last year. >>> shock waves. a rising star lawmaker. a young mother of two killed in a brutal ambush. what reports say the suspect shouted during the attack. was he set off by a fight that has divided a nation? >>> and sweet controversy. the first major american city to okay a tax on everything from soda to juice. a lot of families right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it has become a familiar ritual of a current national tragedy. the president traveling to comfort famili families. president obama and vice president biden placed bouquets after privately consoling those most deeply impacted. by sunday's nightclub terror attack. this as we learned of the messages the killer sent during the deadly
. >>> also a new fire storm explodes as president obama meets with victims' families. john mccain says the president's actions led to the attack. >>> warning signs. with disney under fire, what we found around disney parks. and tonight a father who says a gator chased his son at disney last year. >>> shock waves. a rising star lawmaker. a young mother of two killed in a brutal ambush. what reports say the suspect shouted during the attack. was he set off by a fight...
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this past march fidel castro was nowhere to be scene during president obama's meeting with raul castro. fidel castro wrote an editorial saying we don't need the empire to give us anything. fidel castro never tolerated free election or dissent but gave his people better health care and education. still, his real legacy may beholding power for nearly half a century. longer than any other modern leader. we went to cuba in 1999 to cover the anti-u.s. protest during the fight during elian gonzalez. in my first interview with fidel castro and over the years in many interviews, he was argumentative, he would talk all night, he would debate. he was on the internet even though his people could not, for the most part, be on the internet. he followed our newscast. he told me what he didn't like. and we had a lot of arguments over years. his final newspaper column was against the u.s. election only two weeks ago. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> back in the u.s. the news of fidel castro's death was largely met with celebration. it was a festival-like atmosphere in miami's little havana neighborh
this past march fidel castro was nowhere to be scene during president obama's meeting with raul castro. fidel castro wrote an editorial saying we don't need the empire to give us anything. fidel castro never tolerated free election or dissent but gave his people better health care and education. still, his real legacy may beholding power for nearly half a century. longer than any other modern leader. we went to cuba in 1999 to cover the anti-u.s. protest during the fight during elian gonzalez....
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. >> one day we'll all meet again. >> his memory will live on. >>> president obama sending a message to ferguson, missouri coming ahead of the long awaited ruling on whether to indict the police officer of the shooting of an unarmed teen, saying, everyone has the right to express her views and protest and adds using the event for violence is unacceptable. a grand jury is expected to make a ruling any moment now. stick with us as we monitor new developments throughout the weekend. >>> another cold night ahead but things are looking up for the weekend. >> if you're looking for warmer temperatures three on the way but first all right very cold night tonight and cold start to the weekend. d.c. around 32 degrees. ocean city, maryland 21 degrees. 17 at state college. a very cold night tonight. high temperature only 40 degrees. it was a very cold day. over the next couple days doing nothing but going up. to up 70 degrees by monday. i will show you what is in store for next week. >>> that lake-effect snow snow have not stopped warmer and rain is in the weather for the weekend, that has creat
. >> one day we'll all meet again. >> his memory will live on. >>> president obama sending a message to ferguson, missouri coming ahead of the long awaited ruling on whether to indict the police officer of the shooting of an unarmed teen, saying, everyone has the right to express her views and protest and adds using the event for violence is unacceptable. a grand jury is expected to make a ruling any moment now. stick with us as we monitor new developments throughout the...
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that's when president obama will be meeting with pope benedict at the vatican. then after that, the president is expected to head to ghana on saturday. >>> capitol hill is rumbling this morning following a claim by some house democrats that the cia has deceased congress for years. several democrats on the house intelligence committee claim cia director leon panetta said in closed door testimony that the agency has concealed, quote, significant action from congress repeatedly since 2001. and according to the chairman of the committee, it outright lied in at least one occasion. now, the cia responded saying, quote, it is not the policy or practice of the cia to mislead congress. there are still no details on what exactly congress was misled about. >>> federal officials are blaming north korea for a widespread cyber attack that has slowed and crashed internet sites in the u.s. and south korea this week. if web experts have it right, the program may be set to release another virus at 6:00 p.m. aimed at banks, major portals and government offices, including the white
that's when president obama will be meeting with pope benedict at the vatican. then after that, the president is expected to head to ghana on saturday. >>> capitol hill is rumbling this morning following a claim by some house democrats that the cia has deceased congress for years. several democrats on the house intelligence committee claim cia director leon panetta said in closed door testimony that the agency has concealed, quote, significant action from congress repeatedly since...
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trump, come talk to us. >> reporter: donald trump meeting with republican donors tweeted, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. he wants four more years of obama, but nobody else does. sanders met with senate democrat leader harry reid on a day when the president endorsed his rival. >> senator sanders was not surprised by today's announcement. >> reporter: hillary clinton tweeted honored to have you with me, potus. fired up and ready to go. live at the white house, steve handelsman. news4. >> right now sanders is meeting with vice president biden. have you heard any specifics on what the democratic leadership are offering him to get his full support? >> reporter: you know, i think they are just so happy, chris, that sanders came out here and say i'd going to partner up with hillary clinton, that they are perfectly happy to keep to their plan "a," which was not to try to lever him and hustle him. he's going to try to win the to make sure his issues, his movement, gets proper hearing at the convention. whether it will matter to her campaign or not, you know that biden, president obama,
trump, come talk to us. >> reporter: donald trump meeting with republican donors tweeted, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. he wants four more years of obama, but nobody else does. sanders met with senate democrat leader harry reid on a day when the president endorsed his rival. >> senator sanders was not surprised by today's announcement. >> reporter: hillary clinton tweeted honored to have you with me, potus. fired up and ready to go. live at the white house, steve...
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so instead of briefing reporters about president obama's private meeting with president clinton, president obama decided to trot out president clib himself to brief reporters. it turned into a de facto ex-president conference. >> the agreement taken as a ole is, i believe, the best bipartisan agreement we can reach to help the largest number of americans and to maximize the chances that the economic recovery will accelerate and create more jobs, and to minimize the chances that it will slip back. there's never a perfect bipartisan bilin the eyes of a partisan. i also think that in general, a lot of people are giving a sigh of relief that's been some agreement on somethi. >> reporter: naturally, president clinton was asked to compare his situation in 1994 to what president obama faces toy. >> the story line is how well we worked with the republicans and all that. you know, we played political kabuki for a year. we had two government shutdowns. we can't afford that now. i had quite a good time governing. i am happy to be here, i suppose, when the bullets that are fired are unlikely to hit me
so instead of briefing reporters about president obama's private meeting with president clinton, president obama decided to trot out president clib himself to brief reporters. it turned into a de facto ex-president conference. >> the agreement taken as a ole is, i believe, the best bipartisan agreement we can reach to help the largest number of americans and to maximize the chances that the economic recovery will accelerate and create more jobs, and to minimize the chances that it will...
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now barack obama shifts his stage t the meeting of the world's wealthiest nation in pittsburgh and shifts his focus on the economy. steve handelsman, nbc news, new york. >>> in what will mark another historic first, president obama will chair meeting of the u.n. security council, the first time a u.s. president has done so. leaders of the 15-nation panel will gather later this morning where the subject wi be nuclear proliferation. the council is expected to unanimously adopt a u.s. drafted resolution that puses for further efforts towards nuclear disarmament. the as the u.n. mmit winds down, the g-20 summit picks up in pittsburgh. leaders there will turn their focus on the global economy. officials from wealthy and developing nations wl meet t discuss economic recovery. climatehange is also on the agenda. a big topicfor protesters who unfurled a giant banner ross the downwn bridge wednesday. mewhile, thousands of police officers have been mobilized, some in riot gear, with at least 15 arrestscoming yesterday. now here's a look at some other stories making news "early toda in america. in a
now barack obama shifts his stage t the meeting of the world's wealthiest nation in pittsburgh and shifts his focus on the economy. steve handelsman, nbc news, new york. >>> in what will mark another historic first, president obama will chair meeting of the u.n. security council, the first time a u.s. president has done so. leaders of the 15-nation panel will gather later this morning where the subject wi be nuclear proliferation. the council is expected to unanimously adopt a u.s....
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in private meetings, obama and his aides repeatedly urged european leaders to endorse s.t.a.r.t. publicly. and the russian present, also in lisbon, went public, too. saying if we fail to move this forward, the world will not become safer. at a closing press conference, president obama put the digreement in pure political terms. >> this is an issue that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. there's no other reas not to do it. than the fact that, you know, washington has become a very partisan place. >> reporter: but he dodged accusing his chief nemesis on the issue, arizona republican jon kyl, of bei motivated by polics. >> i have spoken to senator kyl directly. senator kyl has never said to me that he does not want to see s.t.a.r.t. ratified. >> reporter:ack to afghanistan. president obama also said today during his one-on-one meeting with afghanistan psident hamid karzai that karzai brought up his concern about the united states' use of private security, contractors, president obama defended the use, lester by sang, you know what, until i can send u.s. aid worker
in private meetings, obama and his aides repeatedly urged european leaders to endorse s.t.a.r.t. publicly. and the russian present, also in lisbon, went public, too. saying if we fail to move this forward, the world will not become safer. at a closing press conference, president obama put the digreement in pure political terms. >> this is an issue that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. there's no other reas not to do it. than the fact that, you know, washington has...
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. >> reporter: the crowd filing into the bernie rally was upbeat even the obama meeting was followed quickly by hillary clinton video in which the president endorsed her. >> secretary clinton and senator sanders may have been rivals during this primary, but they're both patriots who love this country and they share a vision for the america that we all believe in. >> reporter: the rfk crowd wasn't just impressed. >> i don't want a coronation for someone i'm not going to vote for. i'm a woman and >> the major point that i will be making to the citizens of the district of columbia is that i am strongly in favor of d.c. stateho statehood. >> reporter: but hillary clinton, the presumptive nominee, was looking ahead. now bernie sanders is not scheduled to speak until 7:00. it's 5:00 now. the last presidentially primary of this campaign season next tuesday here in the district of columbia. tom sherwood. back to you. >> thanks so much. our team coverage of this presidential race continues now with chris lawrence. he's in our newsroom with more details about the president's endorsement of cli
. >> reporter: the crowd filing into the bernie rally was upbeat even the obama meeting was followed quickly by hillary clinton video in which the president endorsed her. >> secretary clinton and senator sanders may have been rivals during this primary, but they're both patriots who love this country and they share a vision for the america that we all believe in. >> reporter: the rfk crowd wasn't just impressed. >> i don't want a coronation for someone i'm not going to...
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they will hear from former obama homeland security secretary to talk about whether they thought there was evidence of collusion and evidence of russia trying to the committee also meeting this week, one member says they're only about 20% done with their work. meantime the president's special assistant and son-in-law heads to jerusalem this week to start peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians. this is the beginning of what the white house says will be a long process. >>> coming off the weekend there are now 60 million americans at risk of severe weather ahead today. bi bill has the latest. >> storms over ohio and pennsylvania. here's the map showing the 60 million at risk. all the way down to richmond, the timing will be typical for this time of year, late afternoon the storms will form and into this evening. as we take the storm across the appalachians they explode over the top of washington, d.c. by 8:00 philadelphia and new york city. wind damage is the biggest threat with those storms. everyone dodge inside as those storms roll in this evening. here's a closer look a
they will hear from former obama homeland security secretary to talk about whether they thought there was evidence of collusion and evidence of russia trying to the committee also meeting this week, one member says they're only about 20% done with their work. meantime the president's special assistant and son-in-law heads to jerusalem this week to start peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians. this is the beginning of what the white house says will be a long process. >>>...
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it may go all the way back to their meeting on the golf course, for whatever reason, president obama and speaker of the house boehner have forged something of a relationship, while not the best of friends, they are dealing with each other across the enormous divide that has divided washington to the point of paralysis. knowing a deadline is coming and they have to solve the problem of the nation's debt limit, they have chosen to take on more and go a little further into some big ticket items like social security and medicare and taxes. it is progress with no guarantee but nothing else has worked so far. and it's where we begin tonight at the white house with nbc's kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: president obama emerged after talks with congressional leaders saying both sides are deadlocked but are determined to make a deal very soo lawmakers will work through the weekend and meet with the president again on sunday. the president and congressional leaders come to the table to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling. if a deal isn't hammered out by august 2, economist
it may go all the way back to their meeting on the golf course, for whatever reason, president obama and speaker of the house boehner have forged something of a relationship, while not the best of friends, they are dealing with each other across the enormous divide that has divided washington to the point of paralysis. knowing a deadline is coming and they have to solve the problem of the nation's debt limit, they have chosen to take on more and go a little further into some big ticket items...
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he will meet with british prime minister david cameron. they are awaiting their arrival of president obama now. then the two will attend an event honoring u.s. and british military members, veterans and their families. tonight the president and first lady will hold a dinner honoring the queen in london. >>> some are questioning the code name given to president obama by scotland yard during his visit. london newspapers report british police are referring to him as "someone who is too clever for his own good." the code names are randomly chosen by computer. >>> apparent discontent to overhaul medicare helped a democrat break into a long-held republican seat. the seat had long been dominated by the gop, but the race was seen as a referendum on the gop's plan to use medicare and medicaid to reduce the nation's dead. chris lee stepped down after a picture of him without a shirt surfaced on the internet >> prosecutors plan to call their second witness in casey anthony's murder trial. she is accused of killing her own 2-year-old daughter caylee.
he will meet with british prime minister david cameron. they are awaiting their arrival of president obama now. then the two will attend an event honoring u.s. and british military members, veterans and their families. tonight the president and first lady will hold a dinner honoring the queen in london. >>> some are questioning the code name given to president obama by scotland yard during his visit. london newspapers report british police are referring to him as "someone who is...
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meanwhile, president obama will meet with the new afghan president at the white house on tuesday but the crisis in yemen will continue to dominate foreign policy discussions this week. savannah. >> thank you. >>> now for reaction to a disturbing report that surfaced over the weekend. a group claiming to work for isis publishing names, addresses and pictures of u.s. soldiers a hit list and a call for a isis sympathizers to go after them. jim miklaszewski has that story tonight. good evening to you. >> reporter: savannah this has long been one of isis' most effective, insidious weapons the internet. one of the biggest fears among terrorism officials is someday some random lone wolf will strike. it's already happening. in tunisia at a tourist-filled museum. in paris and canada. isis claims it posted the names, photos and supposed addresses of 100 u.s. service members after it says it hacked in to military servers and databases. the group called the islamic state hacking division claimed the 100 americans carried out ire strikes against isis targets in iraq and syria and they should be k
meanwhile, president obama will meet with the new afghan president at the white house on tuesday but the crisis in yemen will continue to dominate foreign policy discussions this week. savannah. >> thank you. >>> now for reaction to a disturbing report that surfaced over the weekend. a group claiming to work for isis publishing names, addresses and pictures of u.s. soldiers a hit list and a call for a isis sympathizers to go after them. jim miklaszewski has that story tonight....
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investigatorare still determining what caused that fire. >>> president obama is meeting today with chinese psident hu jintao. the closed door meeting part of a by day for hu. 'll also sit down with some of this country's leang ceo before attending a state dinner tonight at the white house. >>> in less than a half hour from now, marylandovernor martin o'malle will be sworn in. the state faces a $1.6 billion dget deficit, so there will be financial challenges for the vernor's second term. inis remarks today o'malley is expectedo stress unit news 4's chris gordon reports. >>eporter: security is tight. traffic is toug and parkingearly impossible. maryland state and local police keeping a close eye on the crowds coming in to annapolis for the governor's inaural trying to avd backups, directing cars to park in the marine corps navy stadium. even the media has to undeo security screeningfter the indent earlier this month in which two letters arriv at ste office buildings which flared when opened. there are some chang in preparation for this, the governor's second inauguration. >> people are very
investigatorare still determining what caused that fire. >>> president obama is meeting today with chinese psident hu jintao. the closed door meeting part of a by day for hu. 'll also sit down with some of this country's leang ceo before attending a state dinner tonight at the white house. >>> in less than a half hour from now, marylandovernor martin o'malle will be sworn in. the state faces a $1.6 billion dget deficit, so there will be financial challenges for the vernor's...
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barry is charged with misdemeanor stalking and released. >> president obama will meet with the russian president in moscow today. his first stop in a week long trip overseas. u.s./russian relations have bn strained in recent years, but both nations have now pleased to ease that tension. >> fans randomly chosen to at tenth michael jackson's memorial service will get to pick up their tickets today. one of the 1.6 million people who registered for those tickets, only 8,700 received a confirmation e-mail. the memorialervice will be held tomorrow at the staples center in los angeles. >> general motors is on the road to recovery. a bankruptcy judge has approved a deal that allow gm to sell most of its assets to a new company. the judge agreed with gm executives that the sale is needed to avoid immediate and irreparable harm to the automaker. >>> the statue of liberty reached an important milestone this independents day. >> the crown was re-opened for the first time since 9/11. it's offering visitors and americans like a new perspective on the liberties we cherish. nbc's ron allen hathe story
barry is charged with misdemeanor stalking and released. >> president obama will meet with the russian president in moscow today. his first stop in a week long trip overseas. u.s./russian relations have bn strained in recent years, but both nations have now pleased to ease that tension. >> fans randomly chosen to at tenth michael jackson's memorial service will get to pick up their tickets today. one of the 1.6 million people who registered for those tickets, only 8,700 received a...
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obama wrapped up a meeting with vladimir putin. we have the story. >> reporter: president barack obama's main militia is economics in mexico at the g-20 meeting of the world east wealthiest nation. >> the slowing of growth that has taken place. a lot of attention has been centered on europe. >> reporter: there's finally good news there. the greeks voting to deal with their huge deficit. >> i think the election in greece yesterday indicates a positive prospect for not only them forming a government, but them working constructively. >> romney is warning obama policies could lead to a greek-like problem here. >> what president obama has to do with the wind in his back with the greek elections, look at the consultation like he's doing something to advance a solution to the debt crisis. >> reporter: in syria, violence is increasing. some warning president obama ought to intervene. >> sure, you will become a failed state in the heart of the middle east threatening israel and turkey. >> reporter: russian president putin is siding with ass
obama wrapped up a meeting with vladimir putin. we have the story. >> reporter: president barack obama's main militia is economics in mexico at the g-20 meeting of the world east wealthiest nation. >> the slowing of growth that has taken place. a lot of attention has been centered on europe. >> reporter: there's finally good news there. the greeks voting to deal with their huge deficit. >> i think the election in greece yesterday indicates a positive prospect for not...
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"meet the press" moderator david gregory said president obama's new strategy is a calculated move. >> this is an attempt by the president to not only break a stalemate on this issue of the dream act, and that was what he was talking about in the rose garden the other day, but also an attempt to really jam up mitt romney who is struggling among latino voters, who has not come out to support something along those lines, had to run far to the right on immigration and would like to tack back to the center. it is about mobilizing hispanic support. >> be sure to tune in to "meet the press" later this morning. david plouffe and arizona senator john mccain will be guests on the show. you can catch "meet the press" 10:30 right here. >>> today, president obama will head to mexico for the g-20 summit. the heads of government in the 20 largest industrialized nations and the european union will meet beginning tomorrow for two days of talks. they will discuss ways to fix the global economy. mexican president felipe calderon is hosting it. president obama is wrapping up his trip to chicago. he and h
"meet the press" moderator david gregory said president obama's new strategy is a calculated move. >> this is an attempt by the president to not only break a stalemate on this issue of the dream act, and that was what he was talking about in the rose garden the other day, but also an attempt to really jam up mitt romney who is struggling among latino voters, who has not come out to support something along those lines, had to run far to the right on immigration and would like to...
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. >>> president obama requested today's meeting with the former president. white house officials would not be specific about the topic of the meing but analysts say the timing suggests he's asking for advice and the tax cut battle is sure to come up in conversation. back in 1994, mr. clinton underwent his own mid-term quote shellacking. he med to the ceer in one election in 1996. >>> opponents of the military's don't ask don't tell policy say a repeal is still possibl before the lame duck congress of session ends. yesterdaan amendment that would have reappealed don't ask don't tell failed in the senate but the vote was closed. there is a possibilityhat a stand alone measure with bipartisan support could move ahead. connecticut senator joe lieberman and maine senator susan collins have promised to bring it up for another vote before the lame duck session is out. >> it is day three of our 12 days of giving. each day we introduce to you a nonpfit that needs volunteers and donations. today's group is called artstream. an portion uses art to heal, encourage and i
. >>> president obama requested today's meeting with the former president. white house officials would not be specific about the topic of the meing but analysts say the timing suggests he's asking for advice and the tax cut battle is sure to come up in conversation. back in 1994, mr. clinton underwent his own mid-term quote shellacking. he med to the ceer in one election in 1996. >>> opponents of the military's don't ask don't tell policy say a repeal is still possibl before...
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but still no deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling following president obama's meeting with house and senate leaders today. the president said republicans and democrats will work through the weekend. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides. but our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing the right thing by the american people. >> reporter: lawmakers have until august 2nd to keep the government from defaulting on loans. before the meeting, house speaker john boehner once again said raising taxes is not an option. but for the first time, he opened the door to rollbacks on some tax credits, and closing tax loopholes. >> we believe that comprehensive tax reform, both on a corporate side and personal side would make america more competitive, help create jobs in our country, and is something that is under discussion. >> reporter: there are reports the president may be open to medicare, medicaid and social security reform. a move that put him in the hot seat with progressive democrats. >> if the republican leadership can find
but still no deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling following president obama's meeting with house and senate leaders today. the president said republicans and democrats will work through the weekend. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides. but our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing the right thing by the american people. >> reporter: lawmakers have until august 2nd to keep the government from defaulting on...
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this comes as president obama launches a series of town hall meetings on the issue, beginning with one today in portsmith, new hampshire. steve handlesman reports. >> reporter: even on his trip to mexico, president obama focused on health care. but back in washington, the white house went on the web to debunk health care attacks from the right. >> the notion that the government will interfere with what you have, it really is laughable. >> greg: nothing funny to democratic lawmakers. their meetings are still being disrupted. >> this is not health emplrefor. this is control, control over our lives. >> i'm here to tell the government they are overstepping their bounds. we don't want them involved in our health care decisions. >> reporter: some even claim euthenasia is involved in the plan. the new website explains that patients would get counseling for end of life decisions like organ donation. >> there is nothing mandatory about this. >> reporter: the aarp fears reform is in jeopardy. >> i fear that the public may be misled, particularly seniors. i also fear this may get in the way of do
this comes as president obama launches a series of town hall meetings on the issue, beginning with one today in portsmith, new hampshire. steve handlesman reports. >> reporter: even on his trip to mexico, president obama focused on health care. but back in washington, the white house went on the web to debunk health care attacks from the right. >> the notion that the government will interfere with what you have, it really is laughable. >> greg: nothing funny to democratic...
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crews hope to have two lanes a. >>> president obama is meeting with fellow worldf-d0yç ]t >>>nddyy+a!jó at the% livelao"g the 'esk.ehwyvg08ngñ of the key issues on the agenda russian president putin. >>> melissa is at the live desk. >> federal agents digging up a field in myí they say after extensive interviews with an ageing mobster whogeexi wh station saw-o cf1 o in that a federal judge did agree there is enough evidence to issue a 0. those cases include one on affirmative action. as well as the defense of marriage act. the court's decision on those could set the precedent for years to come. well, even though the court hasn't ruled yet, weem learned this morning how the news media is covering those decisions. a story out this morning found stories about same section marriage had five times asp statements supporting the issue than opposing it. the center looked at nearly 500 stories from late march to early may. however, puew says many of thos stories were on opinion polls. >>> it turns out police were called to the same street that ohio man accused of holding three women captive
crews hope to have two lanes a. >>> president obama is meeting with fellow worldf-d0yç ]t >>>nddyy+a!jó at the% livelao"g the 'esk.ehwyvg08ngñ of the key issues on the agenda russian president putin. >>> melissa is at the live desk. >> federal agents digging up a field in myí they say after extensive interviews with an ageing mobster whogeexi wh station saw-o cf1 o in that a federal judge did agree there is enough evidence to issue a 0. those cases...
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. >> i plan to attend a democratic local party meeting. >> president obama stumped in iowa today, while mitt romney took his campaign to colorado. >> this was a state that gave me a chance when nobody else would. >> are we going to win here in november? >> reporter: trying to recapture that momentum of 2008, mr. obama visited jason and ally mcglocklin, whose support has never waivered. >> we couldn't be more proud to stand by our president once again. >> reporter: but a recent des moines register headline, some iowans say they regret backing obama in 2008, illustrates exactly why the president keeps returning here. the two candidates presented starkly different messages today. >> this week the president added insult to injury with another kick in the gut, by announcing that he has a plan, he said, to lower taxes for job creators and small businesses, he announced a massive tax increase. >> my opponent, his allies in congress, they sincerely believe the prosperity comes from the top down. >> reporter: in colorado, john puckett says with the unemployment rate stuck about 8%, romney has hi
. >> i plan to attend a democratic local party meeting. >> president obama stumped in iowa today, while mitt romney took his campaign to colorado. >> this was a state that gave me a chance when nobody else would. >> are we going to win here in november? >> reporter: trying to recapture that momentum of 2008, mr. obama visited jason and ally mcglocklin, whose support has never waivered. >> we couldn't be more proud to stand by our president once again....
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president obama and british prime david cameron are meeting again today. topic number one, how to deal with this new round of terror threats. tracie potts live on capitol hill with more on the meeting between the two leaders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're just getting news in this morning that there have been more as they try to thwart those terror threats in paris and berlin. this all part of the conversation tha are likely to have as they talk about how the two can cooperate. one thing we know that they're planning are joint exercises between the u.s. and the uk to hit the financial industry. these are simulated attacks later this year to see how london banks al streetactreact. we're told cameron will press obama to allow more government surveillance as they try to team up and s intelligence to thwart these types of attacks. this is definitely resonating here in washington as we continue to watch for the latest developments on the foiled raid here -- or i should say attack here on the u.s. capitol, that pipe bombing that did not happen.
president obama and british prime david cameron are meeting again today. topic number one, how to deal with this new round of terror threats. tracie potts live on capitol hill with more on the meeting between the two leaders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're just getting news in this morning that there have been more as they try to thwart those terror threats in paris and berlin. this all part of the conversation tha are likely to have as they talk about how the two can...
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. >> you're looking at a historic meeting this weekend that happened. here you can see president obama holding a news conference with president raul castro of cuba at summit of americas which wrapped up in yesterday. before this moment no u.s. president met with the cuban leader in more than 50 years. >>> in the week ahead big monday morning commute on metro. tomorrow about half of the trains on the red line will switch back to computer computer-controlled automatic operation. longer a-car trains will make the switch first. the first time met tremendous used automation since the deadly accident that killed nine people in 2009. >>> on tuesday, d.c. mayor bowser will be in ward seven. taking part in the department of housing and community development ward by ward check-in. tuesday 6:30 at marshall heights community development organization on bening road. this week, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's assassination. they'll track his last ride at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday ford's theat already hold special
. >> you're looking at a historic meeting this weekend that happened. here you can see president obama holding a news conference with president raul castro of cuba at summit of americas which wrapped up in yesterday. before this moment no u.s. president met with the cuban leader in more than 50 years. >>> in the week ahead big monday morning commute on metro. tomorrow about half of the trains on the red line will switch back to computer computer-controlled automatic operation....
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obama economic advisers meeting with congressional negotiators today then moving the talks to camp david to cut a deal bere all the rates rise on december 31st. >> the president's most urge tent desire is to see that taxes do not go up on the middle class. >> tt means the stark nuclear treaty with russia goes to the back burner. so does the budget batt over funding government. extending unemployment insurance, don't ask don't tell. as the newly empowered republicans, and president obama tried bipartisanship on the issue of taxes. obama aids say they're optimistic, they won't have to give in on the tax issue, and th say they won't give up. ratifying the stark treatment and repealing don't ask, don't tell this year. steve handlesman, news 4 at the white house. >> maryland congressman will represent house democrats in the white houseeeting on tax cuts. a time frame for the meetings has not yet been determined. >>> operators of kick can i leaks say the website came under a powerful attack today. today the site sen out a tweet on twitter saying it was under attack by a method commonly used by
obama economic advisers meeting with congressional negotiators today then moving the talks to camp david to cut a deal bere all the rates rise on december 31st. >> the president's most urge tent desire is to see that taxes do not go up on the middle class. >> tt means the stark nuclear treaty with russia goes to the back burner. so does the budget batt over funding government. extending unemployment insurance, don't ask don't tell. as the newly empowered republicans, and president...
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president obama meets with congressional leaders tomorrow, then on wednesday, he will announce the u.s. strategy in a speech to the american people. steve handelsman joins us live from capitol hill, where it is still unclear what congress' role will be in the decision making process. steve? >> reporter: that's right, pat. depends who you ask. good evening from the russell rotunda. now that house and senate lawmakers are back here on capitol hill from the summer break, president obama wants their support for a wider war against the so-called islamic state. but he says he does not need the okay of congress. lawmakers went back to work, worried about isis. >> the most pressing national security threat since 9/11 -- >> reporter: president obama will ask the american people wednesday to support a u.s.-led effort to destroy isis. congressional critics say it's about time. >> i do. i do. i think this is a gearshift for the president. >> reporter: many lawmakers demand a formal vote. >> i think he really does need to come to congress for not just consultations, but an authorization to use that
president obama meets with congressional leaders tomorrow, then on wednesday, he will announce the u.s. strategy in a speech to the american people. steve handelsman joins us live from capitol hill, where it is still unclear what congress' role will be in the decision making process. steve? >> reporter: that's right, pat. depends who you ask. good evening from the russell rotunda. now that house and senate lawmakers are back here on capitol hill from the summer break, president obama...
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. >>> right now, president obama is meeting with agriculture secretary to discuss the country's worst droughts in decades. the relentless heat and dry conditions are decimating corn supplies in the midwest. the price of corn is sky rocketing and that means we'll have to pay more for most of these items at the supermarket soon. >> when the price of corn goes up, that pushes up the price of just about everything that we buy at the supermarket. >> it is probably the one most important thing to just like life on the planet next to water. >> he says you may not notice much of a price hike on most items at the supermarket until next year. >>> everybody is calling it global warming, tom. what do you say? i know you're not a big fan of that idea, are you? >> i mean, i'm not a climatologist so i really can't weigh in but for us locally, we are not having a drought. we don't have any serious water restrictions and we're not in a drought, the local corn crop is looking good, but it's the national one that is of serious concern. in fact, i'll be on the show discussing that on wmau at 1:00 this af
. >>> right now, president obama is meeting with agriculture secretary to discuss the country's worst droughts in decades. the relentless heat and dry conditions are decimating corn supplies in the midwest. the price of corn is sky rocketing and that means we'll have to pay more for most of these items at the supermarket soon. >> when the price of corn goes up, that pushes up the price of just about everything that we buy at the supermarket. >> it is probably the one most...
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right now president obama is meeting with british p.m. at 10 downing street. he gave a hint last night as to what he will talk b. he will stress economic ties, security ties, last night at a dinner honoring the obamas. >> the special relationship between our peoples and in the words of shakespeare. >> translator: president began toasting the queen before the band played the british national anthem, "god save the queen." his voice was drowned out by the music. then after the queen stoefted the president and raised her glass to him, president obama stood and bowed to her instead of raising his glass. they met with the royal newly weds prince william and catherine. they donated six macbooks. peace players international based here in washington. >>> this morning some are questioning scott land yard's code name for the president. the british police are referring to him as shell lackey, a word that means someone who is too clever for his own good. scotland yard said the code names are randomly chosen by computer. >>> today the house of representatives is expect fold
right now president obama is meeting with british p.m. at 10 downing street. he gave a hint last night as to what he will talk b. he will stress economic ties, security ties, last night at a dinner honoring the obamas. >> the special relationship between our peoples and in the words of shakespeare. >> translator: president began toasting the queen before the band played the british national anthem, "god save the queen." his voice was drowned out by the music. then after...
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president obama will meet with china's president on wednesday. this trip will also include visits to myanmar and australia. >>> late word tonight from new york state health investigators about what really went on inside that doctors office when joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. this will have a big impact on the medical community because some of the details are shocking. some of them speculated about but not confirmed until right now. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with us. stephanie, good evening. >> good evening, brian. this report highlights a list of missteps. among them one of the doctors treating joan rivers did not actually have privileges to practice at the new york clinic. rivers did not give informed consent for all the procedures she was given. and one member of the medical team actually took cell phone videos during the procedure. the report also states that the drop in rivers' vital signs was not immediately noticed. the comedian was eventually resuscitated but never regained consciousness. in a statement lawyers for rivers' daught
president obama will meet with china's president on wednesday. this trip will also include visits to myanmar and australia. >>> late word tonight from new york state health investigators about what really went on inside that doctors office when joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. this will have a big impact on the medical community because some of the details are shocking. some of them speculated about but not confirmed until right now. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with us....
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. >>> president obama prepares to meet queen elizabeth while nudging the uk not to jump ship from the eu. >>> a big no-no in sports. "early today" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for joining us. shock and utter belief how fans are reacting to death of prince. the 57-year-old was found thursday and was declared dead just a short time later. the cause of death is still unclear. official say an autopsy is scheduled for today. in minnesota, prince's home state, a sea of fans gathered outside first avenue last night. that is where prince intermediate a large portion of "purple rain." earlier, a rainbow appeared over prince's paisley park home and music studio. in brooklyn, spike lee organized a street dance party outside of his music production studio for his late fan. in harlem, fans danced to his music throughout the afternoon. ♪ >> on broadway, the cast of hamilton honored prince with their own rendition of "let's go crazy." cities across the nation paid tribute to the purple rain singer. a slew of remembranerances by t who knew him. taken on new meani
. >>> president obama prepares to meet queen elizabeth while nudging the uk not to jump ship from the eu. >>> a big no-no in sports. "early today" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for joining us. shock and utter belief how fans are reacting to death of prince. the 57-year-old was found thursday and was declared dead just a short time later. the cause of death is still unclear. official say an autopsy is scheduled for today. in...
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summoned congressional leaders for a crisis meeting on the debt ceiling fight. but 24 hours after republican leaders said they were done negotiating with the white house, there are hints a deal may finally be near. mike viqueira is at the white house to bring us up to date. >> reporter: good evening, lester, congressional leaders are now taking charge, they're meeting here throughout the weekend, scrambling to find a way out of this mounting crisis. and today there's at least some hope that they can announce at least a framework of a deal by tomorrow night. on the morning after the collapse, house speaker john boehner was on his way back to the white house. summoned by the president and seated beside him. the leaders met for just under an hour, returning to the capitol to try to find a way out of looming disaster. >> it went well. i'm here to work. >> reporter: now racing the clock, hill leaders huddled late today and are now working onnen a scaled down deal. republicans want spending cuts in the range of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion and a special committee char
summoned congressional leaders for a crisis meeting on the debt ceiling fight. but 24 hours after republican leaders said they were done negotiating with the white house, there are hints a deal may finally be near. mike viqueira is at the white house to bring us up to date. >> reporter: good evening, lester, congressional leaders are now taking charge, they're meeting here throughout the weekend, scrambling to find a way out of this mounting crisis. and today there's at least some hope...
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with president obama at the g8. but putin has been in the news for another reason. a super bowl ring in his possession for the past eight years. it all started when the owner of the new england patriots took off his ring and showed it to putin. nbc's stephanie gosk picks up the story from there. >> reporter: vladmir putin shows a real passion for sports, tough, outdoor pursuits. perhaps patriots owner robert kraft felt the super bowl ring is something the russian president would really appreciate. or perhaps the former kgb agent was just dazzled by the bling. nearly 5 karat carats, 125 diamonds. one thing for certain, kraft did hand the ring over, and putin never handed it back. the patriots' owner had just won the third super bowl. he later said it was a gift. not the story he told at a carnegie hall gala last thursday night. according to "the new york post," i tyke out the ring and showed it to putin and he put it on and said i could kill someone with this ring. i put my hand out, and he put it on, and three kgb c
with president obama at the g8. but putin has been in the news for another reason. a super bowl ring in his possession for the past eight years. it all started when the owner of the new england patriots took off his ring and showed it to putin. nbc's stephanie gosk picks up the story from there. >> reporter: vladmir putin shows a real passion for sports, tough, outdoor pursuits. perhaps patriots owner robert kraft felt the super bowl ring is something the russian president would really...
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. >>> overseas swing president obama travel to italy to meet with leaders of t world's major industrialized nations. >>> and dummy up. an ohio restaurant owner wins >>> and dummy up. an ohio restaurant owner wins his fight for mannequin rights. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with the final bow. nearly two weeks after his death, michael jackson was remembered in ace public memorial service by his friends, family, and countless fans. nbc's jay grey jones us from the staples center in los angeles. >> reporter: good morning, christina. it was an amazing collection of entertainment superstars. they gathered with thousands of fans to say good-bye to michael jackson. but it was someone who took the stage for the first time here who ultimately made the most emotional and lasting impression at the memorial. ♪ it was a memorial that was part church service -- ♪ -- part concert --. ♪ and all michael jackson. >> he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived. >> reporter: an amazing group of all-stars that gathered
. >>> overseas swing president obama travel to italy to meet with leaders of t world's major industrialized nations. >>> and dummy up. an ohio restaurant owner wins >>> and dummy up. an ohio restaurant owner wins his fight for mannequin rights. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with the final bow. nearly two weeks after his death, michael jackson was remembered in ace...
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but still no deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling following president obama's meeting with house and senate leaders today. the president said republicans and democrats will work through the weekend. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides, but our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing the right thing by the american people. >> reporter: lawmakers have until august 2nd to keep the government from defaulting on loans. before the meeting, house speaker john boehner once again said raising taxes is not an option. but for the first time, he opened the door to rollbacks on some tax credits and closing tax loopholes. >> we believe that comprehensive tax reform, both on the corporate side and personal side, would make america more competitive, help create jobs in our country, and it's something that is under discussion. >> reporter: there are reports the president may be open to medicare, medicaid and social security reform. a move that put him in the hot seat with progressive democrats. >> if the republican leadership can f
but still no deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling following president obama's meeting with house and senate leaders today. the president said republicans and democrats will work through the weekend. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides, but our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing the right thing by the american people. >> reporter: lawmakers have until august 2nd to keep the government from defaulting on...
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. >>> while president obama meets with his fellow world leaders in italy, vice president biden is focus order the economy. >> he is trying to convince folks at home the stimulus plan is working. here's brian mooar. >> reporter: g-8 summit in italy, president obama and other major world leaders agreed on some goals for fighting climate change and opening up trade. >> it is -- even more difficult in the context of a global recession. >> reporter: back at home, the talk is about jobs. and whether his stimulus plan will start growing the economy. in cincinnati, vice president biden fired back at the administration's critics. >> when they say we are not saving jobs -- who stills that jobs, count the teachers, thousands in this state who will be showing up in the classroom in september. >> reporter: ohio's unemployment rate is above 10%. there and around the country, there are plenty of naysayers asking when taxpayers will see a return on their $787 billion investments. >> let me ask the rhetorical question. what would they do? >> we probably could have created ten times as many jobs. reporte
. >>> while president obama meets with his fellow world leaders in italy, vice president biden is focus order the economy. >> he is trying to convince folks at home the stimulus plan is working. here's brian mooar. >> reporter: g-8 summit in italy, president obama and other major world leaders agreed on some goals for fighting climate change and opening up trade. >> it is -- even more difficult in the context of a global recession. >> reporter: back at home, the...
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and president obama called on john mccain, and he said on u.s. war strategy, we need to get this right. >>> u.s. officials estimate that iran is one to fiv years away from having the capability to use nuclear weapons. >>> as the school year was getting into full swing here on the home front, it might be good to keep in mind the president's thoughts on education. he wants schools to add more time to classes. mr. obama also wants schools to stay open later in the day, and to let kids into the school buildings on weekends, so they have a safe place to go. and president obama says students are not spending enough time in school. and he says, that puts them at a disadvantage compared with their foreign counterparts. >>> this will be a nice day to not have to go to school. it's so beautiful outside. >> a good day for recess. endless recess. >> yeah, that's right. >> many have the day off, because of off. looking towards virginia in the distance, and the view from the city camera showing white caps on the potomac river with a stiff wind blowing in from
and president obama called on john mccain, and he said on u.s. war strategy, we need to get this right. >>> u.s. officials estimate that iran is one to fiv years away from having the capability to use nuclear weapons. >>> as the school year was getting into full swing here on the home front, it might be good to keep in mind the president's thoughts on education. he wants schools to add more time to classes. mr. obama also wants schools to stay open later in the day, and to let...
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at the white house, president obama tried to heal the most painful wounds, meeting with the families of the men who died on the oil rig. >> i don't criticize the president in not having condemned bp or any other party that may have been at fault in the accident. not yet. >> reporter: on capitol hill, leaders of local communities told congress more needs to be done. >> i have spent more time fighting the officials of bp and the coast guard than fighting the oil. >> reporter: louisiana secretary of wildlife and fisheries complained about not knowing the ingredients that make up the dispersants. >> if the government has its boot on the neck of bp, it's time to exert additional pressure. >> reporter: back in new orleans, a historical local business that survived a depression, recession and hurricanes, today laid off all of its workers. with no more oysters to shuck, al is hoping promises made will be promises kept. >> the means to the end right now to make sure that british petroleum and the president of the united states follow through with their commitment that we will all be kept whol
at the white house, president obama tried to heal the most painful wounds, meeting with the families of the men who died on the oil rig. >> i don't criticize the president in not having condemned bp or any other party that may have been at fault in the accident. not yet. >> reporter: on capitol hill, leaders of local communities told congress more needs to be done. >> i have spent more time fighting the officials of bp and the coast guard than fighting the oil. >>...
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there is a path for general mcchrystal to save his job when he meets with president obama tomorrow. this isn't baked, this isn't cooked, this isn't one of the things where the tea leaves say mcchrystal's job is done and they're looking for a plan b. because that is the other part of this, brian. the president is getting advice, okay, if you fire general mcchrystal, then who do you replace him with? nobody is irreplaceable. but doing that could set back the strategy, they do have that july 2011 deadline they would like to meet. that is a factor, it is not the only factor. however, the importance this civilian control and the idea a chain of command also matters, and some aides at the white house believe the president should take that into consideration as well. brian? >> chuck todd on the eve of a tension-filled day at the white house tomorrow. chuck, thanks. >>> now, as we mentioned, we turn to the gulf coast and the latest on the growing area where the oil has come ashore. 64 days now into this crisis. 173 miles of oiled shore line in total, stretching as you see across a four-stat
there is a path for general mcchrystal to save his job when he meets with president obama tomorrow. this isn't baked, this isn't cooked, this isn't one of the things where the tea leaves say mcchrystal's job is done and they're looking for a plan b. because that is the other part of this, brian. the president is getting advice, okay, if you fire general mcchrystal, then who do you replace him with? nobody is irreplaceable. but doing that could set back the strategy, they do have that july 2011...
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president obama leads mitt romney by 6 percentage points in the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll, but 43% of voters view the president negatively. romney has a negative rating of 40%, that's lower than john mccain at this point four yours ago and john kerry in 2004. >>> today we could get a sense of whether congress will act to keep your taxes from going up at the end of this year. the senate will hold a test vote on a bill to extend tax cuts for americans who earn less than $250,000 a year. democrats don't appear to have the 60 votes needed to advance that measure. it doesn't seem likely that senators will vote for a republican bill that would extend everyone's tax cuts either. if the two sides can't reach a deal, $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts would go into effect next year. >>> 4:37 is your time. 73 degrees. tensions boiling over between protesters and police. the incident that sparked these clashes. >>> plus images we've seen all too often here where and traffi next. >>> this morning people if central new york are cleaning up from storm damage. strong wind k
president obama leads mitt romney by 6 percentage points in the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll, but 43% of voters view the president negatively. romney has a negative rating of 40%, that's lower than john mccain at this point four yours ago and john kerry in 2004. >>> today we could get a sense of whether congress will act to keep your taxes from going up at the end of this year. the senate will hold a test vote on a bill to extend tax cuts for americans who earn...
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in the video, weinstein claims he will be killed if president obama doesn't meet his captors' demands. al qaeda wants the u.s. to end its air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. it also wants al qaeda and taliban suspects around the world to be freed. weinstein was taken last august from his home in pakistan. he works for j.e. austin associates, which advises pakistani businesses and government organizations. >>> new this morning, police trying to figure out what caused a car to plow into a greenbelt apartment. nobody was seriously hurt in this early morning crash. happened on good luck road near kenilworth avenue. >>> and d.c. police are searching for the person who shot a woman in northeast. that shooting happened along fitch place just before 10:00. we're told a woman of shot in the stomach. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. her name has not been released. no arrests have been made. >>> a second week of testimony begins today in an election day robo calls trial in baltimore. a political consultant to former maryland governor bob ehrlich is accus
in the video, weinstein claims he will be killed if president obama doesn't meet his captors' demands. al qaeda wants the u.s. to end its air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. it also wants al qaeda and taliban suspects around the world to be freed. weinstein was taken last august from his home in pakistan. he works for j.e. austin associates, which advises pakistani businesses and government organizations. >>> new this morning, police trying to figure out what...
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a reminder, you can see david's conversation with president obama sunday morning on "meet the press" on this nbc station. >>> there is late breaking news involving a high profile terrorism investigation that's stretched from here in new york to the rocky mountains. authorities are questioning a man at the base of the investigation. they now believe they might have disrupted what could have been a dangerous terrorism cell. our justice correspondent, pete williams, in our washington news room gathering details on this story. good evening. >> reporter: for months officials had an immigrant from afghanistan under surveillance fearing he was planning some kind of attack in the u.s. tonight, officials say he's beginning to talk. the case burst into public view early this week when police and fbi agents searched four apts in new york. a man from denver drove a rented car to new york late last week, fearing he could be plotting a terrorist attack. in the rented car, agents found a laptop computer with directions for making bombs. no explosives were found. since wednesday, he's been interview
a reminder, you can see david's conversation with president obama sunday morning on "meet the press" on this nbc station. >>> there is late breaking news involving a high profile terrorism investigation that's stretched from here in new york to the rocky mountains. authorities are questioning a man at the base of the investigation. they now believe they might have disrupted what could have been a dangerous terrorism cell. our justice correspondent, pete williams, in our...
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president obama will meet with the victims' family members. that does it for us today. >> make it a great sunday, everyone. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...
president obama will meet with the victims' family members. that does it for us today. >> make it a great sunday, everyone. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...
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president obama meets with top u.s. generals to talk about the war in afghanistan. >> preparations anxiety. how local businesses are getting ready for an imminent outbreak of the swine flu. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. it is tuesday, september 29th, 2009. take a live look outside right now. 54 chilly fall-like degrees out there this morning. a beautiful day here in the nation's capital. meteorologist tom kierein has joined us here in the studio. he's going to look at the forecast for the rest of the day. >> hey there, tom. >> somebody tells you to chill out, say, "i am." it is chilly out. yeah, it has turned much chillier. no precipitation on radar. we do have a mostly clear sky, but it's only in the 40s now to near 50 degrees in montgomery, prince george's, fairfax and arlington and mid-50s in washington right near the bay. low 50s eastern shore. it's only in the 40s to near 50 in the mountains this morning. everybody's going to be c
president obama meets with top u.s. generals to talk about the war in afghanistan. >> preparations anxiety. how local businesses are getting ready for an imminent outbreak of the swine flu. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. it is tuesday, september 29th, 2009. take a live look outside right now. 54 chilly fall-like degrees out there this morning. a beautiful day here in the nation's...
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obama will visit the residence of the prime minister. he'll also meet later with an opposition leader while in london and a lavish dinner is planned in his honor later tonight. all of this after the president spent yesterday in ireland. a pretty popular and very different visit. today much more formal. in ireland he was in his element, so to speak, meeting the crowds, very popular there. he told 30,000 people there was always a bit of green behind the red, white, and blue. >> tracie potts. and the presidential motorcade had a slight glitch leaving the u.s. embassy in ireland. one of the limos got stuck leaving the gate while hundreds of people watched. the president was not in the car but watched from a second limo. agents ordered a bus to block the view while the limo blocked away. >> that is embarrassing. 4:37 is the time. ahead on news 4 today, who says d.c. is in great shape? >> the hearing that could lead to more naps inside air traffic to more naps inside air traffic control [ horns honking ] [ whistle blows ] [ male announcer ] ca
obama will visit the residence of the prime minister. he'll also meet later with an opposition leader while in london and a lavish dinner is planned in his honor later tonight. all of this after the president spent yesterday in ireland. a pretty popular and very different visit. today much more formal. in ireland he was in his element, so to speak, meeting the crowds, very popular there. he told 30,000 people there was always a bit of green behind the red, white, and blue. >> tracie...
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today president obama is wrapping up three days of meetings at the united nations. nbc tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on the president's international push to take down isis. tracie, good morning >> reporter: hey, eun, good morning. trying to get more countries behind him in this fight. the president today is focusing on ebola. the leadership he talked about yesterday. the headlines are very much focused on terror. in his speech he called this a network of death. something an american president has only done once before. they came up with a resolution to stop foreign file theers from crossing and cracking down on their passports. he is waiting to see if in fact, of khorasan leader was killed. the pentagon thinks so but yet to be able to confirm that. and the u.s. is giving $40 million to syria's opposition. secretary kerry announced at the united nations yesterday that money to give them vehicles and equipment and help them set up a new government in syria. eun? >>> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. we will hear a shift at the uni
today president obama is wrapping up three days of meetings at the united nations. nbc tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on the president's international push to take down isis. tracie, good morning >> reporter: hey, eun, good morning. trying to get more countries behind him in this fight. the president today is focusing on ebola. the leadership he talked about yesterday. the headlines are very much focused on terror. in his speech he called this a network of death. something...
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he talked to david gregory in an exclusive interview on meet the press yesterday. he told gregory, if elected, he plans to repeal and replace obama's health care law, but he added he would keep parts of that law that he thought would help americans. >> there are a number of things i like in health care reform that i would put in place. one is to make sure that those with prexwiexisting conditions get coverage. two is to allow people to have policies that cover their families to whatever age they like. and also allow individuals to buy health insurance on their own as opposed to only getting it on a tax advantaged basis through their company. >> romney says he feels a voucher program would help medicare and make the program more cost efficient. >>> president obama traveled to another battleground state, florida. at a standing room only event in west palm beach, obama told supporters that romney's economic plans simply don't add up. >> you add deficite edeficits, trillion of new tax cuts, $2 trillion of new defense spending, and somehow you're going to reduce the def
he talked to david gregory in an exclusive interview on meet the press yesterday. he told gregory, if elected, he plans to repeal and replace obama's health care law, but he added he would keep parts of that law that he thought would help americans. >> there are a number of things i like in health care reform that i would put in place. one is to make sure that those with prexwiexisting conditions get coverage. two is to allow people to have policies that cover their families to whatever...
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he ate a lot of pizza, biked a lot, and ended up losing a lot as well. >>> president obama is meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu right now at the white house. the meeting comes just one day after israel eased its blockade of the gaza strip and five weeks after the deadly israeli raid on the gaza relief flotilla. the two were hoping for a positive meeting this time around. their relationship hit a low point earlier this year over talks about the jewish settlement on the west bank and jerusalem. >>> more bad news from the gulf this midday. for the first time tar balls are washing up in texas. the tar has been lapping up along the beaches of galveston island and the boulevard peninsula. every other state along the gulf coast is already seeing tar balls wash up onshore. it's just another sour note on a tough weekend for the gulf coast. >> reporter: the scope of the gulf oil spill has now spread even further. small tar balls have washed up on lake ponchartrain, louisiana, sparking locals to shut down nearby fishing areas. the same story along the southeastern coast of t
he ate a lot of pizza, biked a lot, and ended up losing a lot as well. >>> president obama is meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu right now at the white house. the meeting comes just one day after israel eased its blockade of the gaza strip and five weeks after the deadly israeli raid on the gaza relief flotilla. the two were hoping for a positive meeting this time around. their relationship hit a low point earlier this year over talks about the jewish settlement on...
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you can see david's entire interview with president obama this morning on "meet the press." >>> good morning, jenna, for a check of the other top stories >>> stunning new pictures are out of a plane crash just outside moscow. home video shows the moment of impact, debris shooting out and hitting cars on the highway. the plane crashed saturday morning, splitting into pieces, bursting into flames and killing four people in the process. >>> mother nature getting one last widespread winter storm in before the end of the year. the second big one has blanketed most of the northeast and upper ohio river valley in snow. in pittsburgh, some people pulled out skis to get around town while their neighbors struggled. in boston, no cars for you. a parking ban. >>> people braved wintry weather for hours to honor the two new york firefighters that lost their lives in an ambush on christmas eve. nearly 6,000 people, many of them fellow firefighters traveled to the town of webster from as far away as california to take part in the service. the neighbor charged with supply the ex-con shooter with guns
you can see david's entire interview with president obama this morning on "meet the press." >>> good morning, jenna, for a check of the other top stories >>> stunning new pictures are out of a plane crash just outside moscow. home video shows the moment of impact, debris shooting out and hitting cars on the highway. the plane crashed saturday morning, splitting into pieces, bursting into flames and killing four people in the process. >>> mother nature...
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president obama travelled to dover air force base to meet the families of the fallen soldiers. the military has opened an investigation into the deaf stating helicopter crash, which led to the single deadliest loss for u.s. forces during the nearly decade long war in afghanistan. >>> there has been a fourth night of violence in england as riots spread across the country. within london, though, calm has largely been restored with the help of a flood of police officers. the clashes began this weekend over the fatal shooting of a man by police. now more than 1,100 have been arrested since the riots began. the clashes have resulted in dramatic scenes such as this one. an especially worrisome site with the country preparing to host the world for the next summer olympic games. >>> here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. rush hour traffic in houston came to a screeching halt following this bizarre collision. officials were left scratching their head after an 18-wheeler's trailer completely separated from the driver's cab and then just smashed into an overhea
president obama travelled to dover air force base to meet the families of the fallen soldiers. the military has opened an investigation into the deaf stating helicopter crash, which led to the single deadliest loss for u.s. forces during the nearly decade long war in afghanistan. >>> there has been a fourth night of violence in england as riots spread across the country. within london, though, calm has largely been restored with the help of a flood of police officers. the clashes began...